Lessons in Project Management Book

1	Jerry Doesn't Realize He Is Managing a Project	9
2	Ashley and the Disappearing Sponsor	13
3	Mike's Client Has Status Report Envy	17
4	Lindsay Finds Activities Are Always 90 Percent Complete	21
5	Susan's Small Enhancement Has Grown into a Project	25
6	Jerry Starts to See the Light	28
7	Poor Reyna - Trapped in Workplan Minutia	31
8	Jerry Learns Firsthand the Need to Manage Documents	35
9	Danielle Takes Scope Definition to Heart	38
10	Patrick Discovers the Three "Best Friends" of Project Managers	41
11	Jerry's Project Takes a Turn for the Worse - Maybe	45
12	Time for Tom to Take Some of His Own Medicine	48
13	Miles Learns an Important Lesson - for the Second Time!	51
14	There's a Problem, but No One Tells Mike	55
15	Ashley Is About to Gain an Hour a Week	59
16	Jade Resolves a Vendor Problem (Again and Again)	63
17	Bailey Has Questions, but She Is Not Sure What They Are	67
18	The Project Nobody Wants	71
19	Jade Discovers a "Baby" Risk on Her Project	74
20	Jerry Has a Small Problem (Unfortunately in Front of the CIO)	77
21	I'm Eating a Burrito, Jeff's Eating His Contingency	80
22	Communication Is King on Reyna's Project	83
23	Ron, the New Guy, Learns About Project Management Scalability	86
24	Brian Can't Plan First, but He Still Needs to Plan	89
25	Ashley Finds Not All Critical Path Activities Are "Critical"	92
26	Jerry Is Told to "Sharpen His Pencil" to Reduce an Estimate	96
27	Jean Needs to Add a Personal Touch	101
28	Erika's Quality Plan Needs More Quality	104
29	Sean Is Losing the Deadline Battle - a Little at a Time	107
30	Jerry Jumps into the Workplan Too Quickly	110
31	Danielle Is Sensing Risky Business	114
32	Mike Receives a Change Request He Needs to "Scope" Out	117
33	Chucky May Be Crazy About Collecting Metrics	120
34	Alex Has 200 Projects to Estimate!	123
35	Sean Makes a Guess and I Make a Prediction	127
36	Lindsay Wishes for a Problem-Solving Magic Wand	130
37	Terri and Sarah Propose Half-Measures	134
38	John Is the "Risk Eliminator," but Does He Need to Be?	137
39	Nikki and Her Client Have Mismatched Expectations	140
40	Alex's Project Is in Good Shape - Maybe	143
41	Sean "Errors" by Not Managing Quality Early	147
42	Danielle Has Satisfied All Her Clients - Except One	150
43	Lindsay Has a Halloween Fright - Her Project Is Behind Schedule	153
44	Marty Has a Work Breakdown	158
45	Rick Thinks Our Status Reports Taste Like Stale Fish	162
46	It's Magic! Lauren Sees an Assumption Turn into an Issue	166
47	Sally May Be Squandering Her Good Fortune	170
48	Marc Finds the Work Slipping When Everyone Is Responsible	174
49	Lauren Needs to Complete a Never-Ending Project	177
50	Heather Finds Her Facts Don't Win Any Points	180